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Provo • Jennifer Hamson, BYU's version of Superwoman in two sports, could have been excused for taking a couple days off this week. The basketball and volleyball star has an eye infection, which means she can only practice with one contact lens.

But she didn't even think about taking time off, not with an NCAA Women's Volleyball Tournament Sweet 16 match against No. 6 seed Florida State (30-2) looming on Friday at the University of Washington.

"She won't even consider it," said Cougars coach Shawn Olmstead, who has his team in the Sweet 16 for the third consecutive season.

Hamson has been a part of two of those impressive tournament runs. She redshirted last year, then led BYU's women's basketball team to the Sweet 16 in that sport.

Given the way the quiet, humble and studious 6-foot-7 phenom has pushed BYU to national success in two sports, some say she's the top all-around athlete in school history. If not, she's at least in the conversation. Nobody has led the Cougars to as much national success in two different sports as Hamson — not Danny Ainge, Jim McMahon or other well-known BYU stars.

"Honestly, I don't know what to think [about that], because all of my success has come from my teammates and my coaches," Hamson said. "I play on team sports, so the credit goes to BYU and our programs here, not me."

When the season is over, Hamson will have to make that all-important decision whether to pursue professional basketball — she was drafted last April by the Los Angeles Sparks of the WNBA — or professional volleyball. She might try out for the 2015 U.S. women's national volleyball team in February.

"No decision yet," she said. "I am just going to focus on volleyball and this tournament and go from there."

Olmstead said Hamson never ceases to amaze. Certainly, most BYU fans don't realize what a special athlete has passed through the school the past four years.

"People don't get it. They just don't. It is just remarkable. It is unbelievable what that kid has done, and all the credit goes to her," Olmstead said, recounting the story of how Hamson practiced this week when trainers said she probably shouldn't, or couldn't.

Hamson had an up-and-down regular season and acknowledged that returning to volleyball after taking last year off to concentrate on basketball "was a lot harder to come back than I thought." But she was dominant last week in wins over Seton Hall and No. 11 seed Arizona in Tucson in first and second round matches. Teammate Alexa Gray, the WCC Player of the Year, also came up big along with Amy Boswell, Whitney Young, Ciara Parker, Tambre Nobles and Alohi Robins-Hardy.

"I saw a look in Jen's eyes in that Arizona match, like, 'Hey, give me the ball. I will take this thing away,'" Olmstead said. "I believe that is because Jen has been to three Sweet 16s, if you include a basketball one in there. Two volleyball, one basketball. She wants to go further, and so great teams have those players that feed off of that and really want more."

It won't be easy, by any stretch. Florida State has been in the top 10 all season, and features one of the best players in the country as well, Nicole Walch.

"Physically, we can match up with them. No doubt about it," Olmstead said. "Maybe their ball control, their ability to get the ball fast to a number of places might be a little better than ours, but we just got to be smart defensively, see the right things, and react from there."

Twitter: @drewjay —

BYU vs. Florida State

P Regional Semifinals

At Alaskan Airlines Arena, Seattle

When • Friday, 5 p.m.

TV • ESPN3 —

Jennifer Hamson's two-sport exploits

• Led volleyball team to NCAA Tournament's Sweet 16 in 2012, named WCC Player of the Year and AVCA First-Team All-America

• Led women's basketball team to NCAA Tournament's Sweet 16 in 2013-14, named WCC Player of the Year and Defender of the Year, AP honorable mention All-America

• Led volleyball team to NCAA Tournament's Sweet 16 in 2014, meets FSU on Friday in Seattle